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How to Read Text from a Scanned Pdf using PAD

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Hi Team , got a requirement that want to read text from a scanned pdf. This scanned pdf is non editable text, please provide a solution.

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  • VJR Profile Picture
    7,635 on at

    You can check out Extract text from PDF action.

     

    EDIT: Sorry, this might not work since you mentioned scanned pdf.

     

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    VJR Profile Picture
    7,635 on at

    I just checked by Launching a PDF and then using the below action it was able to extract text out of it.

    Make sure that it is in the foreground by giving it focus.

     

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  • takolota1 Profile Picture
    4,980 Moderator on at

    You can also try this template for extracting data from PDFs using a couple AI builder actions

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